The Road To Ruin (d-1)
β Scribed by Westlake, Donald E
- Book ID
- 106895192
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Series
- d-1
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
John Dortmunder as a butler? Well, heβs not really a butler; heβs just playing one at the heavily guarded estate of crooked tycoon Monroe Hall. A corporate pariah surrounded by loot, including a fleet of priceless vintage cars, Hall soon finds his needsβfrom driving to cookingβeagerly fulfilled by Dortmunder and his gang. Dortmunderβs plan: to change in one fell swoop from loyal servants to merry robbers, and drive off with ill-gotten plunder. Thereβs just one problem. Monroe Hall has as many enemies as antiques. Before Dortmunder can go from serving to stealing, Hall disappears and the cops are knocking on the door. And after a violent crime is committed, Dortmunder is in the worst place possible. For as everyone knows, whenever thereβs mischief in a mansion β¦ the butler always did it!
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